Hi people.. i'm new to the tennis world,, i've been trying to come out how the ATP points work , but i couldn't figure it out,, so, well some one explaine how does it work, how a player get points, how he some lose points ,, GO NADAL!!

Hi people.. i'm new to the tennis world,, i've been trying to come out how the ATP points work , but i couldn't figure it out,, so, well some one explaine how does it work, how a player get points, how he some lose points ,, GO NADAL!!

There are two Ranking systems:

The Champions Race counts all the points collected in one year of January until December.

The Entry Ranking counts all points collected in the last 52 weeks.

Depending on how much prizemoney a tournament pays the number of points given out differs. A Grand-Slam tournament gives out more points than a normal (or here sometimes called "MickeyMouse") tournament.

A player gets points when he wins matches in a tournament. He loses points if he plays this year worse than he played last year. He keeps his points if he makes the same result like last year.

For example Rafa kept the points of Roland Garros, cause he achieved the same result there like last year. He lost points at US Open cause he was this year worse than last year. He won points at the Masters in Canada, cause he was better this year than last year. So that is the system shortly explained.

"I asked a bloke in the front row if he liked the serve-and-volley stuff," said Rafter. "He said he did but asked if he was going to get to see any rallies. 'Not today, mate,' I told him."-Pat Rafter silencing the Nadull fanboys

Roger, being half South African, obviously has some big money in South African Airways, hence he simply bought his No. 1 ATP ranking till 2012 (at least) - not risking anything with so many youngsters coming up

To figure out how they work, click on a player profile, look at activity and you can note how many points the player amasses per tournament. Winning a major, for example, nets you 1000 points. Winning a masters series event, like Canada, nets you 500.

I was always wondering why the ATP website stated whoever had the most race points at the end of the year was #1 in the world. Shouldn't it be entry points? Or is it not possible to get year end #1 without winning the race?